Overview
apple-hig-expert is an open-source security skill for Claude Code and compatible agents, published by alirezarezvani. Its author describes it as: “Audits and designs iOS/macOS/watchOS/visionOS interfaces against the Apple Human Interface Guidelines, including the Liquid Glass design language (announced WWDC25, shipped with iOS 26/macOS Tahoe, Sept 2025). Use whe…”. The project has 25k stars on GitHub and is available under the MIT license. Add it to your setup with `/plugin marketplace add alirezarezvani/claude-skills`.
What apple-hig-expert does
Design and audit apps against the Apple Human Interface Guidelines (HIG, developer.apple.com/design/human-interface-guidelines), including the **Liquid Glass** design language. HIG content evolves with each OS release — when a claim matters, verify against the live HIG pages cited in `references/`.
What’s inside
The SKILL.md for apple-hig-expert is organised into these sections:
- Before Starting
- Modes
- The Compliance Tool
- Worked example: iOS settings-screen audit
- Core Design Principles
- Proactive Triggers
- Communication
- Related Skills
Installation
Add apple-hig-expert to your agent with:
/plugin marketplace add alirezarezvani/claude-skillsReview a skill’s source before installing it — skills can instruct your agent to run commands. This command comes from the skill’s public repository, which is the source of truth for setup steps. New to skills? Read how to install Claude Code skills.
Supported agents
- Claude Code — ships a claude code plugin marketplace
- Codex — declared in the repository topics
- Cursor — declared in the repository topics
- Gemini CLI — declared in the repository topics
License
apple-hig-expert is published under the MIT license.
Strengths
- Clear MIT license — safe to read and adapt within its terms
- Ships in alirezarezvani/claude-skills, an established project with 24,617 GitHub stars
- Works with Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI
- Actively maintained — repository updated in the last 90 days
Author
Topics
Frequently asked questions
- What does apple-hig-expert do?
- Audits and designs iOS/macOS/watchOS/visionOS interfaces against the Apple Human Interface Guidelines, including the Liquid Glass design language (announced WWDC25, shipped with iOS 26/macOS Tahoe, Sept 2025). Use when reviewing an Apple-platform mockup or app for HIG compliance, checking contrast or tap-target sizes, or designing native-feeling Apple UI (e.g., 'audit my iOS app against the HIG', 'is this text readable on Liquid Glass?').
- How do I install apple-hig-expert?
- Run /plugin marketplace add alirezarezvani/claude-skills in your agent, then reload your skills. Review the source at https://github.com/alirezarezvani/claude-skills before installing.
- Is apple-hig-expert free to use?
- Yes. apple-hig-expert is free and open source under the MIT license, so you can read, run, and adapt it within that license's terms.
- Which agents does apple-hig-expert work with?
- apple-hig-expert lists Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, and Gemini CLI — named in its SKILL.md, its plugin marketplace or its repository topics. Skills use the portable SKILL.md format, so other agents that read that format may load it too.
- Where does apple-hig-expert come from?
- apple-hig-expert ships inside alirezarezvani/claude-skills, a repository that contains 41 catalogued skills in total. The repository's 24,617 GitHub stars apply to that whole collection, not to this skill on its own.
